Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

I don't know how many people are hiding in the carriage, nor can I judge the strength of the other party, let alone whether they realize that they have become the target of robbery. In any case, I can't let the four of us bear the first wave of attacks from 18 robbers for strangers. If the people in the carriage can kill these robbers by themselves, or the robbers can easily kill each other, then we should not take action and find an opportunity to quietly evacuate this place. Only intervene when the two sides are evenly matched. And I strictly ordered Helgi not to use magic, which would easily expose our identities.

After arranging the battle plan, Hayu took Aigis to climb up a tree and hide, Helgi and Babas hid behind a high rock, and I moved closer to the carriage and hid away from them. The waiting time always seemed particularly long, especially in the ice and snow. For a while, I even thought that my previous judgment was wrong and the two sides would not fight.

The crunching sound of snow underfoot shattered my fantasy. This sound was mixed in with the howling of the north wind and the stubborn swaying of the pine trees, and it was not easy to attract attention. However, we lay here for nearly an hour, listening carefully, just waiting for it to sound. It was midnight, probably two or three in the morning, when the sky was darkest. However, with the moonlight reflected by the snow, I could barely make out the vague figure in the pine forest. It was less than a hundred meters away from the carriage, and the other party might be making final preparations for the attack.

The robbers walked out of the woods and into the open space. Ten of them formed a loose crescent shape and slowly approached the carriage. Their equipment was mixed. Some were simply wearing leather clothes, while others wore iron helmets. Only the leader wore a full set of heavy armor and held a war hammer in one hand. If Hayou's intelligence was correct, there should be eight more people hiding in the dark, including the five archers.

These guys are quite cautious. They even knew to keep a reserve team. I guess they are all veterans.

Although they tried to move as lightly as possible, the sudden approach of so many people still attracted the attention of the horses. The two animals paced restlessly, but they were tied by the reins and could not get away.

Eighty meters... seventy meters... sixty-five meters...

As the bandits drew closer, the two horses began to snort, their dark eyes fixed on the intruders.

Finally, the bandit leader swung his war hammer forward and led his men to charge forward. Although he was heavily armed, he was surprisingly agile. He held the weapon with both hands, jumped into the air, and rushed forward with a roar.

soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Both horses realized that something was wrong and raised their front hooves to resist. The bandit leader came with his hammer and broke the back of one horse with a snap. The horse weighing five or six hundred kilograms was as fragile as paper in front of him. Even the last cry was blocked in its mouth and it fell to the ground miserably. I felt cold in my heart and subconsciously clenched the steel sword in my hand. This guy is so brave that I am afraid it will be difficult for just a few of us to subdue him. Besides, Agis and Helgi are both archers. How much effect can these bows and arrows have against steel armor?

Whoosh whoosh whoosh… clang clang…

As if to answer my question, five arrows were shot from different directions, but two of them hit the leader's heavy armor, only sending out a few sparks before falling to the snow. Another arrow hit another horse, and the beast struggled and jumped in pain, but could not escape the restraint of the reins.

"Damn it! Where are you going to shoot? Keep your eyes open!"

The leader roared at the woods and swung his sledgehammer at the carriage. The other bandits didn't hesitate any longer and rushed over, brandishing various weapons and howling. Two of them had already rushed to the back of the carriage with nimble legs and tore open the thick door curtain.

it's over...

I did expect the bandits to have the upper hand, but I didn't expect it to be so one-sided. The other side didn't even bring all their forces to bear. Even if Barbas could pin down the leader, the four of us couldn't possibly take on a dozen bandits. The question now was not whether to help or not, but whether the people in the carriage could hold out until we could evacuate safely.

hum...

A huge purple ball of light suddenly appeared in front of the bandit leader, who smashed his hammer with a thunderous force on something much stronger than the carriage, making a deafening sound. The leader was also thrown away by the rebounding force and fell heavily on the snow. At the same time, two tongues of fire sprayed directly on the faces of the bandits outside the carriage. The hair and beards of the two unlucky guys were all on fire, and they let out heart-wrenching screams, and the air was filled with a burning smell.

The purple ball of light disappeared, revealing the hero who had just blocked the leader's heavy blow. It was an ice elemental over three meters tall. It was dark blue with only a shallow white pit on its chest. It seemed that the hammer did not cause any serious damage to it. The ice elemental swung its two thick arms and smashed at the leader. The leader was still sitting on the ground and could not get up. He barely swung his war hammer to block. But the more he parried, the more he was nailed to the ground by his opponent. For a while, he was extremely embarrassed.

Two men jumped out of the carriage, the flames in their hands still licking the face of the unfortunate robber. Their robes were crooked, as if they were put on in a hurry. The two cooperated tacitly, each drew a dagger, one slashed at the neck of the robber in front of him, and the other stabbed directly into the heart. Songgadri had another lost soul. The other robber was experienced, and retreated while his face was on fire, rolling on the snow and saving his life.

"Ved, Sohier, stop standing there! Get moving!"

There were shouts from the carriage, and two more people in robes tumbled out. Behind them, a dark elf got out of the carriage. He stood tall, his black robe fluttering in the wind, his scarlet eyes scanning the battlefield, not panicking despite being in a dangerous place. This person was obviously the leader of the carriage passengers, the kind who came with his own BGM as soon as he appeared. He clenched his right hand, muttered something, and a light red ball of light gradually solidified.

"go with!"

The light ball seemed as light as catkins, but it flew very fast and hit the three robbers who were at the end. These cunning guys gathered together, timidly afraid to move forward, but after being hit by the magic, they roared and picked up their weapons to chop at the people around them. The fool standing in the middle was immediately split open by two axes, and he was deader than dead.

"Berserk! Quick!"

The two who had fallen out of the carriage earlier were still lying on the ground with their heads in their hands. The dark elf picked up the thin man with his left hand and kicked the fat man on the butt. The two rookies stood up tremblingly and began to cast magic at the crowd. However, they were far less skilled than the dark elves in casting spells, and their accuracy was also far worse. After two rounds, not a single shot hit the target. Even so, the bandits did not dare to be careless and scattered to avoid the attack. They had no way to support the leader who was suppressed by the ice element.

But in just over a minute, the situation on the battlefield was reversed. What was even more surprising was that the first casualties were on the bandits, who lost two men in just one encounter. The five people in the carriage were all mages, and they were quite capable, which allowed me to take advantage of the chaos to sneak back to Helgi.

"Babas, inform Hayou that we are retreating."

Helgi was shocked by my decision.

"Brother, how could you? These mages may not lose if we help them."

"The bandits still have a backup plan, and the archers are all in the dark. The dark elves must save their mana to summon the next ice elemental, otherwise no one can stop the one with the hammer. A couple of the remaining four are useless, and the mage is in great danger."

"Tsk! What will happen if you run away now? Don't you have to go this way from now on? Are you going to go back to Morning Star City?"

Barbas' words made me hesitate. It was impossible to return to Morningstar City. As a diplomat of Falkreath, I frequently went in and out of the capital of Cangyuan County, which would inevitably arouse the suspicion of Lord Skade, especially since this old guy always thought everyone was a traitor. In this case, we couldn't hire a ship in Morningstar City to take the sea route, so the only option left was to cross the tundra. But doing so would face two inevitable risks. First, there were no supply points along the way, and the existing supplies could hardly support us until we arrived at Mosal City; second, we might run into the battlefield of the Stormcloaks and the Imperial Legion and suffer.

In just this moment of hesitation, the situation changed again. Seeing his men in chaos, the bandit leader suddenly roared. This was the gift of the Nords: battlefield roar. Among the five mages, except for the dark elf who was relatively calm, the others were all frightened by the roar and fled in all directions. Even his own bandits were greatly affected. The two who had previously fought for their lives under the effect of berserker spells dropped their weapons and ran towards the woods.

I was once very brave when Rigel used this trick, but now I just felt a slight pain in my eardrum, and I didn't lose my mind. Helgi was not in any serious trouble either, he just frowned and covered his ears. As for Barbas, he shook his head, looking quite comfortable. Unfortunately, just because a few of us were fine, it didn't mean that everyone was fine. A tree not far from us shook, and Aigis fell headfirst.

Almost at the same time as the leader roared, another bow and arrow shot out from the woods. Before Aigis landed on the ground, he was hit by an arrow in the leg. On the other side, the fat man among the two rookie mages was hit by two arrows, one of which pierced his throat. The fat man fell straight to the ground, his legs twitching. Three more bandits rushed out of the woods and headed straight for the direction where Aigis fell.

"Babas, save him! Let Hayu do what he should do!"

The dog rushed out before I could say anything. Its claws as big as bowls kicked the opponent's axe and directly kicked down one robber. Then it twisted its waist in mid-air, and its tail like a steel whip cut across and slapped another robber's face crisply. It didn't bother to check whether its opponent was dead or alive. It directly grabbed Agis by the scruff of the neck and rushed into the woods in two or three steps. The remaining robbers only felt a flash before their eyes, and two of their accomplices fell down. When they were stunned for a moment, their necks were pierced by a sharp arrow. Helgi shot three arrows in a row, and the other two arrows hit her chest and lower abdomen respectively. However, this little girl was immediately targeted by the archers hiding in the woods and was counterattacked by the opponent. Fortunately, she did not linger in the fight, and hid behind a rock after the attack.

"Vade!"

The skinny rookie over there was also shot. The pain made him get rid of the influence of the roar of the battlefield, but he fell into the grief of his companion's death. The dark elf lost his helper and dared not be arrogant anymore. He swept the flames with his left hand, forcing back the two robbers who intended to get close to him, and the violent spell with his right hand was ready to go. However, his opponent was very experienced. He double-teamed him from both sides and took turns to test him. Even if he couldn't find an opportunity for a while, he always kept a threatening distance and continued to consume the dark elf's mana.

Generally speaking, mages and archers have similar fighting styles, both of which require a relatively safe output environment. Once approached, it is difficult for them to exert their full strength. And the mages in the Elder Scrolls world only have the ability to use range damage magic to fight one against many after mastering the expert-level destruction spell. Although this dark elf is quite powerful, he has been fighting the bandits with the lowest-level fire tongue spell, and he doesn't look like a great wizard who can throw an ice storm. What's more unfavorable is that the bandit leader has stood up with the help of his accomplices, and is now swinging the sledgehammer in his hand, successfully suppressing the ice element.

At the same time as Babas jumped out, I ran in the opposite direction, trying to distance myself from Helgi as much as possible. There were some huge stone ruins on both sides of the official road. I don't know when they were built. The two mages who were affected by the roar of the battlefield fled here, hoping to escape in the cracks of the stones. The robber whose beard they had burned before was chasing them with an axe, cursing non-stop.

That's true. The customs of the people in Skyrim are different from those in my previous life. They would never consider a man's chin as smooth as a eunuch's as beautiful. The meaning of beard to a man is even more important than the face. For example, the old fox Danger may be bald, but he will carefully take care of his beautiful beard every day. He has three or four combs, one of which is made of mammoth ivory and is as smooth as jade. The old guy regards it as a treasure and only uses it when attending important occasions.

Now that he has no beard and it is estimated that he will never grow one again, it is understandable that he is furious. He was only concerned with avenging his masculinity, and naturally did not pay attention to me quietly following him. As the long sword pierced through his chest, he no longer had to worry about trivial matters such as beards. I picked up the robber's axe and hurried to the carriage without paying attention to the two mages cowering in the corner. Helgi's position has been exposed. I need to jump out to attract the attention of the enemy archers so that the little girl has a chance to move her position and continue to output.

It's just that we were silent for a while, and the brave bandit leader had smashed the ice element into a pile of broken ice. The dark elf also consumed too much mana from the minions, and at this moment he could only dodge around the carriage and occasionally use the flame tongue to counterattack. The bandits became more and more courageous, and with the long-range support of the archers, they patiently approached and tightened the encirclement step by step. The only good thing was that the bandits besieging the ice element, including the leader, were so cold at this time that they were standing there rubbing their hands and faces, and did not rush forward for the time being.

whoosh-

An arrow shot through the carriage and pierced the dark elf's leg. He screamed and staggered to the ground. The robbers cheered, shaking their stiff legs, struggling to pick up their weapons and surrounded them.

Helgi no longer cared about hiding, and continued to shoot with his short bow. I gave up the idea of ​​using bows and arrows to interfere, and killed him with swords and axes. Barbas also rushed out of the woods, but he rushed towards Helgi. It seemed that this dog was determined to protect only the warriors of Will, and the lives of others were left to fate.

Damn!

What a jerk! We have agreed that he and Agis will take care of the archers in the woods! That little cat girl is useless, and how can he, as her cousin, be such a loser!